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>> well, i think the estimates at the congressional budget office, it would have increased the deficit by $110 billion in the first decade and close to a trillion dollars in the second decade. we know we have 42 or 43 million americans without health care, some medicaid eligible and some over the medicaid eligibility. 30 governors so far, republicans and democrats, have declared their support with moving ahead with medicaid expansion, but absent the affordable care act, those folks would be without any kind of health security, and in the private market, what we know is it takes a real toll. but i'd say the biggest issue is not just the financial toll, not the community toll, not the country toll, which is significant. i have a good friend who runs the cancer center at the university of kansas. i was with him and cancer researchers recently, and he said if you get a cancer diagnosis, you are 60% more likely to live five years and beyond if you have insurance than if you don't. i think that's a pretty powerful statement for why we need affordable health care for all of our citizens. >> w
>> well, i think the estimates at the congressional budget office, it would have increased the deficit by $110 billion in the first decade and close to a trillion dollars in the second decade. we know we have 42 or 43 million americans without health care, some medicaid eligible and some over the medicaid eligibility. 30 governors so far, republicans and democrats, have declared their support with moving ahead with medicaid expansion, but absent the affordable care act, those folks would...
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well, i think that the estimates of the congressional budget office is that would have increased the deficit by about $110 billion in the first decade and close to a trillion dollars in the second decade. we know that we have 42 or 43 million americans without health insurance at all, some of them medicaid eligible and some over the medicaid eligibility. 30 governors so far, republicans and democrats, have declared their support for moving ahead with medicaid expansion, but absent that, the affordable care act, those folks would be without any kind of health security. and in the private market, what we know is it takes a real toll. but i'd say the biggest issue is not just the financial toll, not the community toll, not the country toll, which is significant. i have a good friend who runs the cancer center at the university of kansas. i was with him and cancer researchers recent low, and he said that if you get a cancer diagnosis, you are 60% more likely to live five years and beyond if you have insurance than if you don't. i think that's a pretty powerful statement for why we need affordabl
well, i think that the estimates of the congressional budget office is that would have increased the deficit by about $110 billion in the first decade and close to a trillion dollars in the second decade. we know that we have 42 or 43 million americans without health insurance at all, some of them medicaid eligible and some over the medicaid eligibility. 30 governors so far, republicans and democrats, have declared their support for moving ahead with medicaid expansion, but absent that, the...
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they said that it would explode the deficit and yet all the reputable organizations like the congressional budget office have told us that it's going to save us $100 billion over ten years. so we've had a litany of objections from the republicans about the affordable care act which has driven them to such a frenzy, they even closed the go. . so now we have you before the committee. and you're being asked he i suppose later you'll be asked about the website. but let me pursue this question about individuals have gotten notices that they will have their individual insurance policies canceled. they will be able to get another plan, won't they? >> actually it's the law that they must. tip us coverage is part continuous coverage is part of the law. and that wasn't the case in the past. fr . >> so it said we'll end the worst abuses of insurance companies, we'll create consumer protections in the marketplace. they will be able to buy a policy even if they have been sick in the past, that women won't be charged more than men, that we're not going to let insurance companies deny coverage because of
they said that it would explode the deficit and yet all the reputable organizations like the congressional budget office have told us that it's going to save us $100 billion over ten years. so we've had a litany of objections from the republicans about the affordable care act which has driven them to such a frenzy, they even closed the go. . so now we have you before the committee. and you're being asked he i suppose later you'll be asked about the website. but let me pursue this question about...
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they said we would explode the deficit and all the reputable organizations like the congressional budget office told us that it's going to save us $100 billion over ten years. >> now we have the committee and you are being asked later about the website. let me pursue this question about individuals who have gotten notices that they will have their individual insurance policiless canceled. they will be able to get another plan, won't they? >> it's the law that they must. continuous coverage is part of the law. that wasn't the case in the past. >> the affordable care act. we will end the worst abuse of companies and create consumer protections in the market place that they will be able to buy a policy even if they have been sick in the past and women won't be charged more than men. they won't be denied coverage because of preexisting conditions and put lifetime caps and will be an essential benefit package. you are not buying some things and having other things, but the minimum that everybody should have. prescription drugs and mental health coverage and doctors and hospitals. are these im
they said we would explode the deficit and all the reputable organizations like the congressional budget office told us that it's going to save us $100 billion over ten years. >> now we have the committee and you are being asked later about the website. let me pursue this question about individuals who have gotten notices that they will have their individual insurance policiless canceled. they will be able to get another plan, won't they? >> it's the law that they must. continuous...
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they said it would explode the deficit. all the reputable organizations, like the congressional budget office, have told us that it will save us $100 billion over 10 years. we have had a litany of objections from the republicans about the affordable care act, which have driven them to such a frenzy that they even close to the government. now we have you before the committee and you are being asked about the website. let me pursue this question about individuals who have gotten notices that they will have their individual insurance policies canceled. they will be able to get another plan what they? >> continuous coverage as part of the law. it is the law. that was not the case in the past. >> we will end the worst abuses of the insurance industry. we will create consumer protections in the marketplace that they will be able to buy a policy even if they have been sick in the past. women will not be charged more than men. insurance companies will not be able to deny coverage based on pre-existing conditions. they will not be a
they said it would explode the deficit. all the reputable organizations, like the congressional budget office, have told us that it will save us $100 billion over 10 years. we have had a litany of objections from the republicans about the affordable care act, which have driven them to such a frenzy that they even close to the government. now we have you before the committee and you are being asked about the website. let me pursue this question about individuals who have gotten notices that they...
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they said that it would explode the deficit. and yet all the reputable organizations like the congressional budget office have told us that it is going to save us $100 billion over 10 years. so we've had a litany of objections from the republicans about the affordable care act which have driven them to such a frenzy they even closed the government! so now we have you before the committee. and you're being asked, i suppose later, you will be asked about the website but let me pursue this question about individuals who have gotten notices that they're going to have their individual insurance policies canceled. they will be able to get another plan, won't they. >> actually it is the law they must get another plan. continuous coverage is part of the law. >> so -- >> that wasn't the case in the past. >> so the affordable care act said we're going to end the worst abuses of insurance companies. we're going to create consumer protections in the marketplace they will be able to buy a policy even if they have been sick in the past. that
they said that it would explode the deficit. and yet all the reputable organizations like the congressional budget office have told us that it is going to save us $100 billion over 10 years. so we've had a litany of objections from the republicans about the affordable care act which have driven them to such a frenzy they even closed the government! so now we have you before the committee. and you're being asked, i suppose later, you will be asked about the website but let me pursue this...
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agree, we need to move forward and we need to look at what's best for this country and getting our deficit under control. so, we'll set those common principals and move forward. >> that translate into real action and in the nation's interest. i thought the president the other day made a splendid speech after his victory over the republicans on the shutdown and the debt ceiling deal, i thought he said all of the right things, but i have heard him say the right things before and republicans say the right things. what do you think the odds are of this committee, supercommittee or the budget conference committee that results from a deal, what are the odds that you can get something done that will profoundly, significantly, meaningfully, stop government spending levels at this height and actually curtail deficits and subsequently debt. >> lou, i'm always an optimist on moving forward. the one thing that encourages me we have been able to work together on the weighs and means, with both of our counterparts in the house, the democrats, and our counterparts in the senate. we have been working toge
agree, we need to move forward and we need to look at what's best for this country and getting our deficit under control. so, we'll set those common principals and move forward. >> that translate into real action and in the nation's interest. i thought the president the other day made a splendid speech after his victory over the republicans on the shutdown and the debt ceiling deal, i thought he said all of the right things, but i have heard him say the right things before and republicans...
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it wasn't unpaid for, like the affordable health care act, which will actually help pay for the deficit. but, you know, once it was the law, everybody pitched in to try to make it work. democrats weren't about to punish millions of seniors just to make a point or settle a score. so democrats worked with republicans to make it work. and i'm proud of democrats for having done that. it was the right thing to do. because now about 90% of seniors like what they have. they've gotten a better deal. both parties working together to get the job done. that's what we need in washington right now. that's what we need in washington right now. if republicans in congress were as eager to help americans get coverage as some republican governors have shown themselves to be, we would make a lot of progress. i'm not asking them to agree with me on everything. but if they'd work with us like mitt romney did working with democrats in massachusetts, or like ted kennedy often did with republicans in congress, including on the prescription drug bill, we'd be a lot further along. so, the point is, we may have p
it wasn't unpaid for, like the affordable health care act, which will actually help pay for the deficit. but, you know, once it was the law, everybody pitched in to try to make it work. democrats weren't about to punish millions of seniors just to make a point or settle a score. so democrats worked with republicans to make it work. and i'm proud of democrats for having done that. it was the right thing to do. because now about 90% of seniors like what they have. they've gotten a better deal....
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he said it would not add a dime to the deficit. instead, sure it does, it borrows half a trillion dollars from the medicare which is going broke and is running out of money and has no money to lend and uses that to fund this thing. he said he would never raise taxes on anybody who made less than $250,000 a year. yet, the bill is funded by half a trillion dollars in taxes on medical device companies, drug companies, hospitals, healthcare providers and insurance policies all of those costs will be passed on to people who make less than $250,000 a year and more than $250,000 a year and happen to be sick. a lot of sick people, people who need a medical device or drug, a lot of those people make less than $250,000 a year. >> well, what's so disheartening to he me, karl, is you i really want the american people who are sick to get access to medical care. i really do. and to put a bum program up, all it does is sets us back so much further. we really did need to do something about our healthcare system. people are hurting in this country
he said it would not add a dime to the deficit. instead, sure it does, it borrows half a trillion dollars from the medicare which is going broke and is running out of money and has no money to lend and uses that to fund this thing. he said he would never raise taxes on anybody who made less than $250,000 a year. yet, the bill is funded by half a trillion dollars in taxes on medical device companies, drug companies, hospitals, healthcare providers and insurance policies all of those costs will...
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it wasn't paid for unlike the affordable care act which will actually help lower the deficit. but once it was the law, everybody pitched in to try to make it work. democrats weren't about to p punish millions of seniors just to try to make a point or settle a score. so democrats worked with republicans to make it work and i'm proud of democrats for having done that. it was the right thing to do. because now about 90% of seniors like what they have. they've gotten a better deal. both parties working together to get the job done. that's what we need in washington right now. that's what we need in washington right now. if republicans in congress were as eager to help americans get coverage as some republican governors have shown themselves to be, we'd make a lot of progress. i'm not asking them to agree with me on everything. but if they would work with us like mitt romney did working with democrats in massachusetts, or like ted kennedy often did with republicans in congress, including on the prescription drug bill, we'd be a lot further along. so the point is, we may have politi
it wasn't paid for unlike the affordable care act which will actually help lower the deficit. but once it was the law, everybody pitched in to try to make it work. democrats weren't about to p punish millions of seniors just to try to make a point or settle a score. so democrats worked with republicans to make it work and i'm proud of democrats for having done that. it was the right thing to do. because now about 90% of seniors like what they have. they've gotten a better deal. both parties...
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that wasn't paid for unlike the affordable care act which will actually help lower the deficit, but -- but you know what, once it was the law, everybody pitched in to try to make it work. democrats weren't about to punish millions of seniors just to try to make a point or settle a score, so democrats worked with republicans to make it work. and i'm proud of democrats for having done that. it was the right thing to do. because now -- because now about 90% of seniors like what they have. they've gotten a better deal. both parties working together to get the job done. that's what we need in washington right now. that's what we need in washington right now. you know, republicans in congress were as eager to help americans get coverage, as some republican governors have shown themselves to be, we would make a lot of progress. i'm not asking them to agree with me on everything. but if they'd work with us like mitt romney did, working with democrats in massachusetts, or like ted kennedy often did with republicans in congress, including on the prescription drug bill, we'd be a lot further a
that wasn't paid for unlike the affordable care act which will actually help lower the deficit, but -- but you know what, once it was the law, everybody pitched in to try to make it work. democrats weren't about to punish millions of seniors just to try to make a point or settle a score, so democrats worked with republicans to make it work. and i'm proud of democrats for having done that. it was the right thing to do. because now -- because now about 90% of seniors like what they have. they've...
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it wasn't paid for, unlike the affordable care act, which will actually help lower the deficit. but -- you know what, once it was the law, everybody pitched in to try to make it work. democrats weren't about to punish millions of seniors, just to try to make a point or settle a score. so democrats worked with republicans to make it work. and i'm proud of democrats for having done that. it was the right thing to do. because now -- because now about 90% of seniors like what they have. they've gotten a better deal. both parties working together to get the job done. that's what we need in washington right now. that's what we need in washington right now. you know, if republicans in congress were as eager to help americans get covered, as some republican governors have shown themselves to be, we would make progress. i'm not asking them to agree with me on everything. but if they would work with us like mitt romney did, working with democrats in massachusetts, or like ted kennedy often did with republicans in congress, including on the prescription drug bill, we would be a lot further
it wasn't paid for, unlike the affordable care act, which will actually help lower the deficit. but -- you know what, once it was the law, everybody pitched in to try to make it work. democrats weren't about to punish millions of seniors, just to try to make a point or settle a score. so democrats worked with republicans to make it work. and i'm proud of democrats for having done that. it was the right thing to do. because now -- because now about 90% of seniors like what they have. they've...
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that was not paid for, unlike the affordable care act which will help to lower the deficit. [applause] but you know what, once it was the law everybody pitched in to try to make it work. democrats weren't about to punish millions of seniors just to try to make a point or settle the score. so democrats worked with republicans to make it work. i'm proud of democrats for having done that. it was the right thing to do. because now--because now about 90% of seniors like what they have. they've gotten a better deal. both parties working together to get the job done. that's what we need in washington right now. [applause] that's what we need in washington right now. [applause] if republicans in congress were as eager to help americans get insurance, we would have progress. i'm not asking them to agree with me on everything. but if they worked on it like mitt romney, or ted kennedy with the precipitation drug bill we would be a lot further along. the point is we may have political disagreements. we do. deep ones. in some cases we've got fundamentally different visions about where we
that was not paid for, unlike the affordable care act which will help to lower the deficit. [applause] but you know what, once it was the law everybody pitched in to try to make it work. democrats weren't about to punish millions of seniors just to try to make a point or settle the score. so democrats worked with republicans to make it work. i'm proud of democrats for having done that. it was the right thing to do. because now--because now about 90% of seniors like what they have. they've...
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and was president paid for unlike the affordable care act, which will actually help lower the deficit. [cheers and applause] >> but you know what? once it was the law everybody pitched in to try to make it work. democrats weren't about to punish millions of seniors to make a point or settle a score. democrats worked with republicans to make it work. and i'm proud of democrats having done that. it was the right thing to do. because now, about 90% of seniors like what they have. they've gotten a better deal. both parties working together to get the job done. that's what we need in washington right now. that's what we need in washington right now. you know, republicans in congress were as eager to help americans get covered, some republican governors have shown themselves to be, -- i'm not asking them to agree on everything, but if they worked with us like mitt romney did working with democrats in massachusetts or like ted kennedy often did with republicans did in congress including on the prescription drug bill, we would be a lot further along. the point is, we may have political disagr
and was president paid for unlike the affordable care act, which will actually help lower the deficit. [cheers and applause] >> but you know what? once it was the law everybody pitched in to try to make it work. democrats weren't about to punish millions of seniors to make a point or settle a score. democrats worked with republicans to make it work. and i'm proud of democrats having done that. it was the right thing to do. because now, about 90% of seniors like what they have. they've...
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they said that it would explode the deficit. and yet all the reputable organizations like the congressional budget office, have told us that it's going to save us $100 billion over ten years. so we've had a litany of objections from the republicans about the affordable care act, which has driven them to such a frenzy they even closed the government. so now we have you before the committee. and you're being asked, i suppose later you'll be asked about the web site. but let me pursue this question about individuals who have gotten notices that they're going to have their individual insurance policies cancelled. they'll be able to get another plan, won't they? >> actually, it's the law that they must get another plan. continuous coverage is part of the law. and that wasn't the case in the past. >> affordable care act said we're going to end the worst abuses of insurance companies, create consumer protection that they'll be able to buy a policy, even if that's been sick in the past that, women won't be charged more than men that, we
they said that it would explode the deficit. and yet all the reputable organizations like the congressional budget office, have told us that it's going to save us $100 billion over ten years. so we've had a litany of objections from the republicans about the affordable care act, which has driven them to such a frenzy they even closed the government. so now we have you before the committee. and you're being asked, i suppose later you'll be asked about the web site. but let me pursue this...
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>> the estimates of the congressional budget office is that would it increase the deficit by about $110 billion in the first decade and close to a trillion dollars in the second decade. >> they're rooting for failure. >> in today's top trender. washington wizards. >> in the wizard of oz, there is a great line. >> i have a feeling we're not in kansas anymore. >> sebelius deals with a blizzard of oz comments at today's hearing. >> madam secretary, while you're from kansas, we're not in kansas anymore. >> i'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog too. >> people went to see the wizard because of the wonderful things he did. >> the great oz has spoken! >> some might way we are actually in the wizard of oz land, given the parallel universes we appear to be habitating. >> be gone, before somebody drops a house on you! >> i'm joined tonight again by joan walsh, salon.com. what an arrogance coming from congressman joe barton from texas. >> yes. what. >> is the health care situation in kansas? he probably doesn't even know. in fact, i'm not convinced these people on this house committee on the
>> the estimates of the congressional budget office is that would it increase the deficit by about $110 billion in the first decade and close to a trillion dollars in the second decade. >> they're rooting for failure. >> in today's top trender. washington wizards. >> in the wizard of oz, there is a great line. >> i have a feeling we're not in kansas anymore. >> sebelius deals with a blizzard of oz comments at today's hearing. >> madam secretary, while...
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when unemployment is down, the deficit goes down. when unemployment goes up, the deficit goes up. the reasons for this are clear because when you don't have a job, you don't pay taxes and when you don't have income, you are not paying payroll taxes and you're more likely to need government assistance. unemployment is a double whammy for federal budget and if you lower the deficit we have the lower employment. it includes deficit reduction for the most vulnerable under medicare and medicaid and children's health insurance program and nutritional assistance and other services that ignore the fact that when you cut the essential benefits, you shift the cost of this on to senior citizens and parents and lower income hard working people in these cost shifts take money out of the pockets of consumers that would otherwise be spent in other parts of the economy and creating growth and jobs. it cuts jobs and cutting jobs is not the way to reduce the deficit. securing the deficit reduction by cutting the key investments and telegrams and infrastructure and job planning and research and deve
when unemployment is down, the deficit goes down. when unemployment goes up, the deficit goes up. the reasons for this are clear because when you don't have a job, you don't pay taxes and when you don't have income, you are not paying payroll taxes and you're more likely to need government assistance. unemployment is a double whammy for federal budget and if you lower the deficit we have the lower employment. it includes deficit reduction for the most vulnerable under medicare and medicaid and...
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that means deficits go up. >> i will remind you that premiums were going up at double digit increases prior to the affordable care act what we are seeing is a moderation in increases in the last three years. >> that is a false dichotomy. there are other solutions getting premiums down and lowering costs. i don't accept that as a complete answer on the cost of these pleem yums. transparency is clearly very important. will you or hhs or cms, somebody in the administration provide information on the taxpayers' cost with regard to these subsidies for 2015 and beyond? >> i am sure part of our information and reports we produce will include that information to you, yes. >> thank you. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. i would like to associate myself with the remarks of mr. thompson and mr. neal. i'll focus on an area i think this committee could become imminently involved in. i would like to point out what a success connecticut has been. i want to commend governor malloy and lieutenant governor wyman who headed that up. tremendous success including more than 1/3 of the people that have
that means deficits go up. >> i will remind you that premiums were going up at double digit increases prior to the affordable care act what we are seeing is a moderation in increases in the last three years. >> that is a false dichotomy. there are other solutions getting premiums down and lowering costs. i don't accept that as a complete answer on the cost of these pleem yums. transparency is clearly very important. will you or hhs or cms, somebody in the administration provide...
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host: you bring up deficits. how much motivation is there right now to get a grand deal done whether it's in this effort or future effort with u.s. just having posted its lowest deficits in 2008, is it? guest: we ended up the fiscal year that just ended, fiscal $6802013 with a deficit of billion. li
host: you bring up deficits. how much motivation is there right now to get a grand deal done whether it's in this effort or future effort with u.s. just having posted its lowest deficits in 2008, is it? guest: we ended up the fiscal year that just ended, fiscal $6802013 with a deficit of billion. li
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overall, our budget, we are in our fifth year of major budget deficits. i have been chair of the budget committee for the past couple of years. i am still involved in budget issues. i want to make sure i can be helpful to my colleagues who are grappling with our huge deficit. it is inevitable that we are going to make painful cuts, so how do we do it in a way that will minimize the impact to every day san franciscans, how can we keep our parks in good conditions? how do we maintain our safety net for public health services, public security services, public safety? all these are critical decision that need to be made. the pension question is something that comes up. the cost of our pension liability will cost the city, especially because of our investments in the market have come down since 2008. we are spending more of our general fund to pay our pension costs. that is a big challenge. it is a long-term problem, but it also has short-term implications. we know right away we are not going to have the enough money as we need to cover our services and pensio
overall, our budget, we are in our fifth year of major budget deficits. i have been chair of the budget committee for the past couple of years. i am still involved in budget issues. i want to make sure i can be helpful to my colleagues who are grappling with our huge deficit. it is inevitable that we are going to make painful cuts, so how do we do it in a way that will minimize the impact to every day san franciscans, how can we keep our parks in good conditions? how do we maintain our safety...
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that it would actually reduce the deficit. that is one of the biggest whoppers among a bunch of lies, but the biggest whopper is president obama saying it would reduce the deficit. i think it will add trillions to the deficit. >> we have been following it. remember, they said it would be so easy to use. premiums would decrease. we know that is not true either. you can keep your doctor. if you like your plan you can keep your plan. it will only be $900 billion. tell me if i'm wrong in my analysis, senator. i see that the president pretty much had three options. once, this was the holy grail for the left for a long time. progressives have wanted this for a long time. but if they knew the truth about the effects, that it wouldn't garner enough votes in congress. so they had three choices, the first was to tell the truth and push for the program anyway, the second was to change the program and address the concerns, and the third would be to lie. >> i think as disengene disinge nicer way of saying a lie, they say if you're going to
that it would actually reduce the deficit. that is one of the biggest whoppers among a bunch of lies, but the biggest whopper is president obama saying it would reduce the deficit. i think it will add trillions to the deficit. >> we have been following it. remember, they said it would be so easy to use. premiums would decrease. we know that is not true either. you can keep your doctor. if you like your plan you can keep your plan. it will only be $900 billion. tell me if i'm wrong in my...
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. >> you were hot on the idea that they said this was supposed to reduce the deficit. this is going to cost us $2.6 trillion. i think they always knew that. i think they never believed that obama care was not going to cost anything. that on the face of it was totally unbelievable and the interesting thing was that they got a government agency to score this as a savings, but now as people are looking at this, they know it may cost a couple of trillion dollars. >> we were mentioning, the president is going to be in massachusetts. last week, this is a live shot of where he is going to be. last week he diverted and talked about immigration and that went nowhere. now he is talking about health care on the same day. what do you make of it? >> i think he will show up and say i'm going to get you better health care. you will lose your doctor and your insurance but you are going to get better insurance. the best insurance is what the consumer wants. it is what the patient wants and what the americans should get to choose. really, what this is, is about taking freedom away from
. >> you were hot on the idea that they said this was supposed to reduce the deficit. this is going to cost us $2.6 trillion. i think they always knew that. i think they never believed that obama care was not going to cost anything. that on the face of it was totally unbelievable and the interesting thing was that they got a government agency to score this as a savings, but now as people are looking at this, they know it may cost a couple of trillion dollars. >> we were mentioning,...
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they said it would explode the deficit. and yet all the reputable organizations, like the congressional budget office, have told us that it's going to save us $100 billion over 10 years. so we've had a litany of objections from the republicans about the affordable care act, which has driven them to such a frenzy they even closed the government. now we have you before the committee and you are being asked -- i suppose later -- about the website. but let me pursue this question about individuals who've gotten notices that they're going to have their individual insurance policies canceled. they will be able to get another plan, won't they? >> it's the law that they get a plan. continuous coverage is part of the law. twheant the case in the past. >> so the affordable care act -- we're going toned the worst abuses of insurance companies. we're going to create consumer protections in the marketplace that they'll be able to buy a policy even if they have been sick in the past. that women will not be charged more than men. that we'
they said it would explode the deficit. and yet all the reputable organizations, like the congressional budget office, have told us that it's going to save us $100 billion over 10 years. so we've had a litany of objections from the republicans about the affordable care act, which has driven them to such a frenzy they even closed the government. now we have you before the committee and you are being asked -- i suppose later -- about the website. but let me pursue this question about individuals...
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it takes revenues and spending cuts to cut the deficit. they ought to work together on that. $2.08 billion is how much americans are spending on candy for halloween this year. never mind the declarations for the national retail federation. they expect an additional $2.6 billion on costumes and more people in my neighborhood i swear do halloween decorations than for the holidays. 75 days is how many we have before the primary for the special election for the late bill young and florida primary will be key to see the better position for the march 11 general election. the special election of one of the most competitive seats left in the house of representatives. 16 is how many democratic women senators all in fact signed in a private letter to hillary clinton urging her to run for president in 2016. they spilled the beans about it and a list in new york on monday, sources say barbara boxer led the effort that included other names mentioned as candidates including elizabeth warren. saying hillary runs, they won't. next up, 11 time 35 as in p.m
it takes revenues and spending cuts to cut the deficit. they ought to work together on that. $2.08 billion is how much americans are spending on candy for halloween this year. never mind the declarations for the national retail federation. they expect an additional $2.6 billion on costumes and more people in my neighborhood i swear do halloween decorations than for the holidays. 75 days is how many we have before the primary for the special election for the late bill young and florida primary...
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be proud, by the way, that we have cut the deficit in half in the last few years. we have more to go but we should take some credit for that. it is very important for us to remember how we got to where we are today, $17 trillion national debt and a $650 billion or so deficit. and i find it interesting that some of those people who are most active in causing the deficit are now standing up saying oh, i'm really worried about this deficit that i helped cause, and therefore we have to cut all these programs that all these working people and children and the elderly need. so let us take a brief look back into the recent past and find out how we got to where we are today and who voted for those programs. as i hope most americans know, in january, 2001, when president clinton left office and president bush took over, this country had a $236 billion surplus. $236 billion surplus. that is a quite large surplus. and what the congressional budget office projected is that the ten-year budget surplus would be a $5.6 trillion, it would be a huge increase in our budget surplus.
be proud, by the way, that we have cut the deficit in half in the last few years. we have more to go but we should take some credit for that. it is very important for us to remember how we got to where we are today, $17 trillion national debt and a $650 billion or so deficit. and i find it interesting that some of those people who are most active in causing the deficit are now standing up saying oh, i'm really worried about this deficit that i helped cause, and therefore we have to cut all...
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our deficit is growing. our spending is increasing, and it seems in nearly every budget battle our military is thrown in as a bargaining chip. this is not the american way, and it must become the thing of the past. other government agencies have bloated budgets with wasteful overlapping programs, fraudulent spending and blatant abuses of taxpayer dollars. all the while our military budget is being stripped to the bear bones. last -- bare bones. last time i checked, mr. speaker, is we are a nation at war. we must not gut essential programs for our warriors and their families. we must have them operate under regular order, passed in conference appropriations bills so our military can be the most prepared in the world. texas 25th district is home to for the hood, one of the largest -- fort hood, one of the largest military installations in the world. they can sustain more than 50,000 soldiers approximate approximate and their families. -- soldiers and their families. i ask to put an end to the financial uncerta
our deficit is growing. our spending is increasing, and it seems in nearly every budget battle our military is thrown in as a bargaining chip. this is not the american way, and it must become the thing of the past. other government agencies have bloated budgets with wasteful overlapping programs, fraudulent spending and blatant abuses of taxpayer dollars. all the while our military budget is being stripped to the bear bones. last -- bare bones. last time i checked, mr. speaker, is we are a...
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this law, if anything, reduces the deficit or is budget neutral. one of the ideas behind the law is we are going to bring health- care cost under control. we have seen the increase of health care costs start to decline, which is a good sign. that is a huge issue. unless we can stop premiums and costs generally from going up, five percent, 6%, seven percent, every year, we will have spiraling costs. >> do you think social security -- host: aaron smith, do you think social security will be around by the time you get to a retirement age? guest: i am hopeful. i think it will be. it is something that has been a red rock in this country. it is something my parents and grandparents relied on. it is something we are all paying into. so far, i have seen a lot of support, actually, and a lot of opposition to attempts to roll that back. when we have talked to young people about social security -- you definitely hear this skepticism about whether it will be around, but we also find high for programsport that support the neediest in our society. host: young inv
this law, if anything, reduces the deficit or is budget neutral. one of the ideas behind the law is we are going to bring health- care cost under control. we have seen the increase of health care costs start to decline, which is a good sign. that is a huge issue. unless we can stop premiums and costs generally from going up, five percent, 6%, seven percent, every year, we will have spiraling costs. >> do you think social security -- host: aaron smith, do you think social security will be...
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i'll give you an example i love the quote from niles ferguson referring to the president saying, the deficit is declining and now ferguson says, yeah, from superenormous, to really, really gigantic. i love the quote. but, is that enough? do i have to say, as i heard or as i read on an ap story. about ferguson. or as i heard when he was on with george stephanopoulos. i mean there's sort of a certain degree when we're going to say, is that nitpicking? is referring to the person enough or do i have to refer to the original source? in an academic paper, even if you paraphrase something, don't even use the same words, has to be sourced. when i wrote scientific papers, i sometimes had statements with eight footnotes for a sentence. if it's required i'll do it. but i think i'm being unfairly targeted by a bunch of hacks and haters. >> okay, that's an extensive answer. thank you, rand paul. >>> up next -- it's the roundtable turn. matthew dowd, van jones, jon than karl and peggy noonan. on. the president's second-term slump. >>> and a look at this tuesday's election, what clues do they have for 2016
i'll give you an example i love the quote from niles ferguson referring to the president saying, the deficit is declining and now ferguson says, yeah, from superenormous, to really, really gigantic. i love the quote. but, is that enough? do i have to say, as i heard or as i read on an ap story. about ferguson. or as i heard when he was on with george stephanopoulos. i mean there's sort of a certain degree when we're going to say, is that nitpicking? is referring to the person enough or do i...
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and the democrats have been talking about the fact that the deficit as we reported earlier that the deficit is coming down. it's under a trillion for the first time and you'll hear them talk a lot about that. well, we've been able to do smart budgeting, it's the fastest rate going down since the end of world war ii and the republicans are saying, well, okay, let's keep talking about and that and figure out where we can come to an agreement. >> woodruff: christina plan tony, our political editor. thank you. >> ifill: now to the nagging, troubling questions about youth sports, the risk of concussions and how parents should weigh the tradeoffs. jeffrey brown has the story. >> brown: the n.f.l. is already playing under a new spotlight on concussions. days before the season began, the league agreed to a $765 million settlement with 4,500 former players. they'd charged that owners concealed information on the effects of repeated head injuries. that history was the focus of a pbs "frontline" investigation that aired earlier this month on the links between head injuries and brain disease. now, a ne
and the democrats have been talking about the fact that the deficit as we reported earlier that the deficit is coming down. it's under a trillion for the first time and you'll hear them talk a lot about that. well, we've been able to do smart budgeting, it's the fastest rate going down since the end of world war ii and the republicans are saying, well, okay, let's keep talking about and that and figure out where we can come to an agreement. >> woodruff: christina plan tony, our political...
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there's been $2.4 trillion in deficit reduction. $600 billion of that has been from the expiration of the high-end bush tax cuts. $600 billion. $1.8 trillion have come from cuts. there's hardly any other place to go but nonetheless subject every federal dollar to scrutiny. cut where you can cut if it's d duplicative or whatever. do not say we're going to give tax breaks to the wealthy while it makes seniors may more for medicare as it voucherizes medicare. >> do you think in this process there'll be some flexibility on the sequester? i know there have been some who want to just do away with sequester. senator joe manchin and others are looking at can we have more flexibility. what's your position on that? >> if we have sequester we have to have the flexibility. and what senator manchin is putting forth is a reasonable proposal. but we would rather do away with sequestration. because it just cuts so much out of our investments for the future. you have to, as you subject each of these proposals to scrutiny, you have to say, are you saving money by cutting investments in education? you a
there's been $2.4 trillion in deficit reduction. $600 billion of that has been from the expiration of the high-end bush tax cuts. $600 billion. $1.8 trillion have come from cuts. there's hardly any other place to go but nonetheless subject every federal dollar to scrutiny. cut where you can cut if it's d duplicative or whatever. do not say we're going to give tax breaks to the wealthy while it makes seniors may more for medicare as it voucherizes medicare. >> do you think in this process...
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and oh, by the way, the deficit has been cut almost in half under president obama. watch them run home and take credit for it. our next question from gracie. what do you think about governor walker's new book? not a whole lot. i'm not going to read it. so i can't really give an opinion. all i can do is report on the journalists who have read it, who say that there are major discrepancies in it when it comes to the truth. how surprising. stick around, "rapid response panel" is next. >>> i'm page hopkins with breaking news out of the los angeles airport. fbi and local law enforcement on the scene after a gunman opened fire at a tsa checkpoint, killing one tsa employee. at least six others were wounded. the suspect, identified as 23-year-old paul ciancia, reportedly began shooting on the ground floor and continued firing as he raced to a tsa screening area. frightened passengers scrambled for cover, even on to the tarmac. the suspect was wounded in a gun fight with officers. he is now in custody. ♪ ♪ hey [ male announcer ] when we built the cadillac ats from the gr
and oh, by the way, the deficit has been cut almost in half under president obama. watch them run home and take credit for it. our next question from gracie. what do you think about governor walker's new book? not a whole lot. i'm not going to read it. so i can't really give an opinion. all i can do is report on the journalists who have read it, who say that there are major discrepancies in it when it comes to the truth. how surprising. stick around, "rapid response panel" is next....
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tapering you have to take a taking a step back and our research team will focus on issues like tax policy deficit macro drivers in addition to some sectors specific work we talked about tobacco health care financial services energy utilities all falls under that but of course when it comes to fed and interest rates whether it's the fed as a regulatory body looking at bank capital requirements or the fed of course driving monetary policy matters to investors in a matters to us of height definitely part of our research mandate when we think about the fed's taper policy what the fed learned this year is talking about tapering let alone tapering is tightening and the market and the market reacted. most participants were surprised at the lack of taper after the open market committee september meeting so you mention that target unemployment rate point five unemployment and there's all these different tiers of how you can measure unemployment as well i believe there are seven different tiers to nine different years of unemployment why six point five so hides market strategist steve east what he his firs
tapering you have to take a taking a step back and our research team will focus on issues like tax policy deficit macro drivers in addition to some sectors specific work we talked about tobacco health care financial services energy utilities all falls under that but of course when it comes to fed and interest rates whether it's the fed as a regulatory body looking at bank capital requirements or the fed of course driving monetary policy matters to investors in a matters to us of height...
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to the deficit. i think there will be problems on both side of the aisle. if we can off-- both sides of the aisle. if we can offset it by getting rid of loopholes for the oil and gas industry, i think we have a good bipartisan way of discussing to bring down tax rates for all americans going forward. immigration needs to reflect our values as americans. it needs to bring people out of the shadows, enforce our laws, be good for american business, be good for labor, create jobs and help make america more competitive. let me talk briefly, mr. speaker, about the overwhelming public support for immigration reform. take my own state of colorado as an example. more than 3/4 of coloradans support comprehensive immigration reform with the pathway to citizenship for the people already here. in california there's been a number of polls. in the 21st district represented by my friend and colleague, representative valadao, 77% of voters support the senate immigration bill, h.r. 15, comprehensive immigration reform
to the deficit. i think there will be problems on both side of the aisle. if we can off-- both sides of the aisle. if we can offset it by getting rid of loopholes for the oil and gas industry, i think we have a good bipartisan way of discussing to bring down tax rates for all americans going forward. immigration needs to reflect our values as americans. it needs to bring people out of the shadows, enforce our laws, be good for american business, be good for labor, create jobs and help make...
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deficit for the 2013 budget year, how about this, falling to $680 billion, that is a five year low. breaking news overnight in sear gentleman. an if i recall with the chemical weapons -- has met the deadline to destroy -- for tomorrow. and this comes as health officials racing this morning to stop a polio outbreak inflicting yet more damage amid the country's civil war. world health organization is confirming ten cases all in children under the age of four. there are 20 additional suspected cases. the outbreak is in two villages close to the border with iraq. hospitals there are in ruins as you might imagine and without power or proper medicine. another likely factor in the outbreaks is the lack of sanitation. health officials say about half of syria's children have been unable to receive vaccinations because of the fighting. >> there are over 500,000, maybe well over 500,000 children in syria who are not getting immunized. and so we'll be working very hard to work our way into those areas so that every child in syria has this possibility of a full and happy life. >> vaccines develo
deficit for the 2013 budget year, how about this, falling to $680 billion, that is a five year low. breaking news overnight in sear gentleman. an if i recall with the chemical weapons -- has met the deadline to destroy -- for tomorrow. and this comes as health officials racing this morning to stop a polio outbreak inflicting yet more damage amid the country's civil war. world health organization is confirming ten cases all in children under the age of four. there are 20 additional suspected...